Walks in the neigborhood

We live in a constantly changing world.

Plato thought that there were things that we could learn about the world.

"I didn't have time to write any unit tests."

Earlier this year, I needed to find the best way to divide a set of $n$ things into $k$ subsets so that when an optimization is run in batches with the universe divided that way, the best overall result is achieved.

At the beginning of the pandemic, I wrote the post, "Put on your own mask first."

The following is the transcript of a commencement address that I gave at the Nora School in 2015.

Wearing three different hats over the years, I have received three different versions of the same question, to which I always respond, "You are asking the wrong question."

When I was first starting to read research papers in mathematics, I got some great advice from one of my professors.

I love mathematics because it never says one thing and does something else.

The other day, someone asked me if I had ever experienced a major security breach.

I recently listened to Sen.

Some simple risk management frameworks recommend stack ranking risks based on expected loss should they materialize.

SaaS companies live or die by the quality of their product managers.

Difficult times are the ultimate test of leadership.

We just cut another Hipparchus release, which should now be available on Maven Central.

Now and then one of my friends asks me for recommendations for books to use to re-engage with mathematics.

Today we cut another release of our little Java mathematics library.

This month's Significance magazine includes a jarring article about fake news.

I have been interviewing a lot of software engineers recently, as I am leading a new team and looking to expand it.

Last week, I heard a segment on NPR about patriotic rituals such as saying the Pledge of Allegiance or standing for the National Anthem.

People who work for you have a great perspective on what you need to learn.

After seeing it recommended by Dan Pink, I started reading Studs Terkel's classic, Working.

OK, time for a little math walk.

Bryan Pendleton's great post, "Anatomy of a bug fix" suggests some basic principles that apply to all kinds of problem resolution.

We get the word "integrity" from the same root that gives us "integer" or "whole number."